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TIL I learned the moon looks upside down in Australia
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TIL Henrietta Leavitt discovered how to measure astronomical distances to stars and nebula (now known to be other galaxies). Her research allowed her employer, Edwin Hubble to later discover the expanding universe. He often stated she deserved a Nobel Prize for her work.
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TIL Japan fines fat people
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TIL that there are contact lenses worn during sleep that reshape your cornea. When you wake up, your vision is as good as it would be if you were wearing glasses or contacts during the day. They’re also used to treat myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
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TIL the VLC media player uses a traffic cone for its icon because the students who created it drunkenly started a traffic cone collection
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TIL that roughly 1/3 of Japan's population live in just the Tokyo Metropolitan Area